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Oooo hope you get some great piccies tomorrow Sush - BTW LOVE your website!
Shell - The photos are amazing, can't believe you guys are 12 weeks plus already!
TamB - LOL at your bubbies, you can just imagine what's going on in there!
Jo - Yay on the kitties, can't wait to see photos. So you're up on Friday!! How exciting, doubly exciting really when there's two bubbies.
I can't believe how judgemental people are when they ask if we're finding out the sex. They ask and when I say YES they all certainly let me know their opinion on that!! Unbelieveable - OUR BABY OUR DECISION. Hmmm, the belly rubbing is starting to get to me too - went to a party on Sat night, of course after a few drinks people started rubbing my tummy without asking!!! Had to leave as was getting rather riled up!!
Anyway that's my wee grrr! Our scan has been moved forward to Tuesday the 11th as we're away, so I'm thrilled to see bubby earlier.
Keen - Thinking of you heaps babe, fingers crossed for Saturday.
Love to all xx
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So your up for your morph scan very shortly too Amy, cool.
Ok, had to add some furbaby pickies to my www too, seems nearly everyone else has... :-)
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Good luck for tomorrow, Sush!
Amy, that's funny that people think they can just rub your belly! I'm still getting girl vibes from you!
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Amy - Ye Gods, strange people touching your belly, I would hate that, hasn't happened yet thankfully. your scan is only a few days after mine, it's getting exciting in here again ;)
Shell- Great scan results! You must be over the moon....another leap forward for you and bubalub!
Sal - We never found out the sex for Jack and it was nice to have a surprise at the end of it, although I must say by that stage i didn't really give a **** what came out!
Keen - Good to see you are still hanging in there!
Hope everyone is ok, it is all sounding really good in here, just the way we like it ;) It was Jack's fist swim lesson back after the holidays today.....had to wear a pair of DH's daggiest shorts, nothing of mine fits me properly anymore, I wonder why lol!
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Hello
I know I don't belong in here (yet) and I feel a bit like a kid sneaking lollies from the lolly jar. I'm Sue who needs the virile donor...
Sushee, I just want to wish you good luck for tomorrow.
Love
Sue
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Sal, thanks for asking, I'm ok. Stressed but hanging in ther IYKWIM. Sorry, haven't sent those things yet but will asap.
Sush, good luck for today
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Hey Shazz,
LOVE the av!!!! :D
Guess what??
I think we just found a bus!
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Shazz the av looks great
Tiff I presume that the bus is the new family car
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Hehe Tam, well, I wouldn't say new but it will do us until we sell the Pajero. :D AND it will fit all the kids and the babies in no worries! It even has the anchor points for the car seats already! I am very chuffed! These things are rarer than hens teeth!
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Well done Tiff, sounds great!!!
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Forum Name: Tiggy
State: NSW
Due: 5/2/06 but scheduled for caesar on 27th December @ 34 weeks
Hospital: John Hunter Hospital under the wonderful Andrew Bisits!
Ultrasound Dates: 19/7/05, 27/7/05, 15/10/05 (foetal echocardiograms), 1/11/05
Gender of Babies: BOY & GIRL
Baby Names Chosen: Boy - / Girl -
Baby's Website: see below
Time TTC: 14 months
Number of previous pgs: 7 (4 m/c, twins 9, singleton 7, one baby who only lived for five days)
Any assistance: Clomid, IUI, none of which worked, conceived during a clomid free break!
Fertility Issues: Unexplained secondary infertility over the last 11 years
Sarah, could you update me please?
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woohoo Tiff, on finding a bus to fit you all in \:D/
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Hello all,
Aw guys, the good wishes had me all teary! But I bear good news: our NT scan came back with a 1 in 4000+ chance of DS, and 1 in 7000+ chance of Edwards or Patars syndrome. The ultrasound guru, Dr Murphy, reckons that it's the best result he could have asked for at my age (I love that, don't you? 35 and ancient) and absolutely does not believe I would require an amnio, though of course it's still my decision.
Hell, I never was going to have one anyway, so this is great news!
The other bit of good news is that when DH got to work today after the u/s, he found out he got a promotion!!! It's a $20k a year pay rise and means I can now look at going back part time after my year's maternity leave instead of full-time if I want! Wooohoooo!
So an excellent day altogether!
Shazz, love the new av! Tiff, yay on the bus!
BTW I've put the one good pic of the little'un on the website, but unfortunately the best bits of the ultrasound are on the video! Lol!
love
sushee
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Yay Sush! Glad to hear that you have had such an excellent day!!!
Love the scan shot of your little baby!
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Thats awesome news Sush! About both the scan and the promotion - hey good things come in threes - whats next??
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:-k your BFP maybe?.....It would absolutely make it the best three ever!
love
sushee
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Hi Girls!
Still alive - 9 days of work to go!! YAY! Then I'll have time to play and catch up with you all!
Just from the last couple of pages, seems that everyone is doing so well, which is so great to hear!
Congratulations to everyone on great scans so far, sounds as though there are a few more coming up.
Keen - the very, very best of luck for Saturday, I have everything crossed for you!
Gotta run again, but just thought I would let you know that I saw my obs today and well, the line 'the baby is a decent size, isn't it?' sticks in my mind..... hmmmm - have been referred for a sizing ultrasound next Thursday, so we'll see whether Munchy is gettign the tall genes from Mum and Dad (I am 6'2'' and my hubby 6'5'', and I was 68cm (yes you ARE reading right) when I was born!). He is head down, bum on my right side, left shoulder just to the right of my bellybutton, and knees under my stomach on the left.
I have taken some photos of my belly, but have not worked out this new computer of mine yet to download them off the camera. Have also started painting the nursery, so hopefully I will have time on the weekend (or rather hubby will) to download the piccies so I can post them.
Hope you are all feeling really well, and I cannot wait to catch up. I cannot imagine stopping work at the moment, it is so surreal (but EXCITING!!!)
Take are and belly rubs to all!
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Sush - Woohoo on the great scan result! I think the ratio is great!
Gab - Yay for only 9 days to go! Ye Gods at you being *68cm* it must have been all legs!
Mel - Where are you? Hope you are well and the m/s has buggered off.
Tiff - What kind of car did you buy? I must have missed something somewhere? Does the pajero not seat 7 or 8?
Tam - My other twin buddy, hope you are going well.
Take care all.
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Jo,
Good Luck for tomorrow, girl, are you finding out the sex??? Ooohhh tell us, tell us!!
We bought a bus. The paj seats seven but with the new babies, we'll need a nine seater, so buswards it is! We are picking up the beast on Saturday and I can't wait! Mind you, I don't think I'll be going anywhere with all of the kids at once, unless it is to a big open space...we took the five of them shopping (food) on the Monday just gone. The kids were great! Lovely helpers and no probs at all,it was just the rude people that made me feel like I shouldn't be out in public!!!
One lady said I was brave going out with all the kids, looked me up and down and stated,' and you're pregnant AGAIN!' Without knowing my circumstances she then asked me why I would let myself get pregnant again, when the 'little one' was obviously 'not right in the head'!
Now, the boys look NOTHING like my girls, anyone can see that and how on God's earth she thought I could squeeze out another baby 3 months after the twins and another one three months after the last, is beyond me! But it didn't stop there, girls, oh no! Another woman came up to me and commented on the large number of children and the number of trolleys of food and then made the presumption that my husband must earn alot for me to be able to have all these children! I could have told her, that had I chosen to work full time, I would bring in more than him but I chose to only work enough to support my family, so I didn't need to rely on the government, but I was so gobsmacked that people had the gall to pass judgement on me, I was speechless. WOW, that was a large vent! Sorry guys!
Jo, really, matey, all the best for tomorrow! :D
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OMG Tiff, that is unbelievable the gall of some people. Don't worry, what goes around comes around so they'll get their come-uppance. Anyway, the new bus sounds very exciting!!
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Tiff I just saw your babies names - I LOVE them, they are just perfect! xx
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Tiff OMG, that is terrible.
Sush YAy on a great scan and on DH's pay rise
Jo, good luck for today's scan
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Hi girls!
Well a quick post from me, must crack on with another assignment.
Tiff, glad to hear you're still hanging in there, but OMG at the woman's comments...anyone who can openly pass judgement like that is obviously ignorant and most likely uneducated. I think it's best to actually feel sorry for them, rather than be too indignant about what they said. Yay at you getting your bus, must be great to know that you can ferry the whole brood around all at the one time. Hope your spotting has stopped, when is your next check up?
Gab, great to hear from you, what an amazing effort to work all those hours. You really deserve to just put your feet up once you finish up. Ooh, how can you avoid having a big (long) bub what with your and DH's height?!? A friend of mine is 6'2" and her DH 6'7" and when I went and visited her after the birth I swear her baby looked like he was 3 months old already! Frightening! But I guess you have a long torso to fit a big bub! Now if a shorty like me had a big bub I'd probably tear in half!
Sush :cheer: on great scan and NT results. And yippee for your DH to get a promo too!
Hi to all, a special good luck to Keen for tomorrow and Jo for today's scan (if my preg-brain remembers this right), will get on with my assignment now *sigh*
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Good luck Jo for your scan today!
Gab, it's so good to see you back. I cannot imagine working for as long as you have, am talking to DH about maybe going to 30 weeks at the most. But yay for making it, and yay for only having 9 days to go! Can't wait until you post more belly shots for us to have a gander at!
Tiff, I cannot believe how rude people can be. Honestly, why do people think that they can mouth off on your circumstances without knowing you or anything about you?
Hello everyone else!
love
sushee
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Good luck Jo for your scan today!
Gab, it's so good to see you back. I cannot imagine working for as long as you have, am talking to DH about maybe going to 30 weeks at the most. But yay for making it, and yay for only having 9 days to go! Can't wait until you post more belly shots for us to have a gander at!
Tiff, I cannot believe how rude people can be. Honestly, why do people think that they can mouth off on your circumstances without knowing you or anything about you?
Hello everyone else!
love
sushee
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Sush, yay, great scan. Wow at the pay rise, what a bonus, hehe.
Jo, good luck, hope u can decide whether or not u want to find out the genders.
Tiff, OMG, some people are just soooo rude, judgemental & fail to find out the facts regardless of it being NONE of their business. Yay on finding a bus to fit everyone in. There are 3 of us kids on my dad's & on my step mum's side, so that'd make us a family of 8, hehe.
Gab, see your still hanging in there, not long to go now on both counts.
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Just popping in to say YAY for almost finishing work, Gabby. And OMG @ how long you were as a baby! I will have to pop in and keep an eye on how you are going because your DD is so close now! How exciting!!
Ok... popping back out now ;)
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Tiff -OMG! How bloody rude. Whats it to her how many children you have or don;t have? OMG I cannot believe that people made those comments to you. Who gives them the bloody right to dictate how many children that someone has or doesn't have, as long as they appear to be looked after who cares? Next shopping day, borrow a few more hehehe!
Thanks for all the good luck vibes for today, it all worked because everything is still fine. Both placentas have joined up to become one now and most of it is anterior which might explain why I have not felt much movement???? Can someone tell me if this is true or not? The sonographer said it wouldn't make any difference, but I reckon it would. She was afraid that some of it was over the cervix, so she sent me to empty my bladder and it was ok when she rescanned, must have been a contraction??? I dunno??? This twin thing is all too confusing.
Neithor twin was very co-operative today, they were bouncing all over the place, I was lying on my back for 2 hours, I think all my joints froze up! Anyway for the news that you have all been waiting for......I made my mind up at the very-last-minute, and only because DH really wanted to know this time and last time and I got my own way last time, so I gave in lol!
Anyway she was 99.9% sure that twin A is a little boy! Thats great I l-u-r-ve boys lol!
But she was only roughly 80% sure that twin B was going to be a little girl!
So the jury is still out on this one!! As per usual i went out and brought more baby malarky stuff to celebrate a good result, only brought a couple of pink things as they may have to go back lol!
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YAY Jo!!!!
So glad to hear that the scan went so well and YAY another little pigeon pair!!!!! (we think). Now you will have to start choosing names!!! OMG that is so exciting!!!!!
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Hello Lovelies,
I've been MIA again but for work this time, not sickness. I've missed so much activity in here. Just have a few things to get out of the way and then I can come back in and start posting again like my usual internet-addicted self.
Tiff - love those names. I can't believe your due date is coming up so fast. It's exciting and probably a bit nerve-wracking for you too but it sounds like you are in good hands and you're an experienced Mum and midwife too so you know the drill. The pictures of the twins are great ... they look fantastic. Hope everything keeps going smoothly for you.
Gab - Getting exciting for you too now. I imagine you feel like you've been pregnant forever but it feels like the blink of an eye to me. Can't wait for the good news from you next month. Wow, you and DH are tall ... I'm envious! When I was younger, I was so much taller than everyone else they thought I would be a six-footer too but at 14, I stopped at 5ft 7in and there I've stayed! It must be great to have finished work now and have some time to yourself before the big day.
Sush - great news on the scans but pooh on the ultrasound man for thinking 35 is old! He needs to look around more I think ... stacks of pregnant women over 35 these days! Hope your morning sickness has eased up too.
Jo - wonderful news about your twins ... it's all sounding good. I guess boys are much easier to spot than girls on ultrasound. It will be exciting come delivery day when you finally find out who is in there.
Hi to everyone else and I hope you are well. I hope that I will soon be able to come back in here and chat like normal so I can catch up with everything.
Just on the morning sickness front ... I've had one whole week without it and even the tiredness seems to be improving. Hopefully that is it for now. I went to personnel this week to discuss mat leave and I'm going on 21 February. Phew ... once Christmas comes, that will be no time at all.
I think the reality of this pg thing is finally sinking in. I appear to have been in denial. Were it not for feeling like I have a bowl of jelly in my abdomen, I might still think it wasn't real. It's funny but even when I had the ultrasounds, I was pleased to see that things looked well but I still felt some detachment from the whole thing. It is not how I imagined I would feel and it's a bit disconcerting. I'm wondering how much of it is due to what went on before ... I'm guessing quite a lot.
Anyway, it's good to see things going well for everyone and I'll catch up with you all again in about a week or so. Look after those little beans.
Love,
Mel
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Yay on the u/sound results Jo. Cool, 3 pidgeon pairs (well maybe). Congrats. Amy, looks like ur up next... :-)
Good to see u again Mel, hope that m/s stays away for good now.
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Jo, :confetti: yay on your great scan! Hehehe at buckling to hubby's wishes to find out sexes. How amazing to have three pigeon pairs of twins in this thread!!
Mel, glad to see you're up and about now and that m/s has departed.
Will chat later, lunch is calling!!
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Jo yay another pigeon pair (well pretty sure).
Good luck for everyone and their upcoming scans
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Jo.
excellent news about the scan. I'm sure that pigeon pair or not, you're happy with the result! Congratulations on everything going along swmmingly!
As for me, nothing much to report. Am still a little upset about Keen's news, have been a little down all weekend about it. But on the upside, am now sure that what I've been feeling is movement, with the little'un most active after I've had some full strength coke (norty I know, I can't stand the diet stuff now), if I bend over too much and squish it (like when I'm trying to put on my shoes) or in the evening when I'm lying down. Am excited about it all, but of course now get paranoid if I don't feel him/her for a few hours.
Aside from that no news is good news, with my obgyn saying all my test results came back completely normal and I won't need to see him again until the 19th week, where they will check my urine again for sugar. And this is only because my sister had gestational diabetes with her last child, and my mum has type 2 diabetes. I've never had it myself, with all previous three pgs, but they thought they better check just to be sure. I figure I've got two more weeks, then will have to lay off the cokes!
Mel, good to see you back. The m/s is all but a memory for me, thank god. Glad to hear it's becoming less of a concern for you too. I totally understand about how 'detached' you can be from pregnancy, I don't think a few squiggly lines on an u/s helps you connect with a baby you cannot yet visualise. I think it's natural for your thoughts not to turn inwards towards baby until later in your pregnancy, so please don't expect too much of yourself, you're doing great, I'm sure, and will be a great, adoring mum.
Everyone else, hello! At work and posting, which is norty norty norty. Will catch up more later.
love
sushee
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I know what you mean about the movement Sush - I just had about 2 or 3 days where the baby seemed to be quieter which of course freaked me out a bit, however today it's been back to it's old tricks and doing an irish jig in there! I'm wondering if it was because DH was away and now he's back the baby knows and the movement is more frequent????
Mel - Great to hear from you and to hear the m/s is gone hopefully.
Jo - Aewsome news on the scan and wow maybe one of each?? That is so cool!
Shell - yep I'm up tomorrow, can't wait!!!
Sush - I am also very upset for Keen and have been thinking of her lots, she is always so positive and supportive. Hope to see her back in here soon.
Take care everyone xxx
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Hi Girls,
Hope all is well!
4 days of work left and counting!!
Then you are all in trouble - won't be able to get rid of me!!
Have to run again,
Belly rubs!
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Hi Gab! Hehehe we'll get rid of you soon enough...seeing as you're ALREADY 33w along! How amazing, it really does seem like just last week that you announced you were pg.
